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Howard, Blair Back Calls For Bombing In Agrabah

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As the frustration grows at the Obama administration’s continued inaction in the Middle Eastern nation of Agrabah, former Prime Minister John Howard has joined Tony Blair in calling for immediate strikes against the rogue state.

Citing ‘irrefutable’ evidence of weapons of mass destruction hidden throughout Agrabah, Mr Howard said Australia had a moral responsibility to act to avoid catastrophe.

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“What we know from aerial photos – admittedly quite pixilated aerial photos – is that there are large stockpiles of weapons being accumulated for an imminent attack. Australia should support – it must support – a military campaign in Agrabah,” Mr Howard said at a press conference today.

Earlier, former British Prime Minister Blair said the Sultan of Agrabah – who he described as a dictator inclined to ‘cartoonish-style violence’ – must be removed and replaced with a democratically elected Government. “Knowing what we know, it is incumbent upon us as a freedom loving nation to protect the people of Agrabah, and to protect those at risk in the area,” he said.

His comments follow a poll in the US that show growing support for a bombing campaign in the region – 30% of Republican voters said they would back action in Agrabah. US Presidential candidate Donald Trump responded to the poll today, questioning the resolve of the 70% of Republicans who were against a campaign, and called for an immediate halt to Agrabahnian immigration. President Barack Obama, meanwhile, encouraged people not to draw conclusions too quickly. “Once this starts, we can’t put the genie back in the bottle,” he said

NOAA: 2015 Arctic Temperatures are Warmest on Record

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Meanwhile, a new report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows this year’s Arctic temperatures are the warmest on record. The report found some areas of the Arctic experienced temperatures more than 5 degrees warmer than average. It also found “extensive” melting across more than 50 percent of Greenland’s ice sheet. Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, NOAA chief scientist Richard Spinrad warned: “The Arctic is warming twice as fast as other parts of the planet.”

ISIS – Israeli Style, In Knesset Too

New photos recently emerged, and were also published by Israeli TV Channel 2, of Israeli soldiers — mostly masked — expressing their support to the “Lehava” Israeli terrorist organization, largely ignored by western corporate media agencies, especially in the United States, while explicitly calling for the killing of Palestinians.

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They even carry flags which are similar to those used by ISIS, and are open in their calls, including “Death to Arabs,” and racist graffiti against not only followers of the Muslim and Christian faiths, but insults and profanities targeting Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammad, as well.

Channel 2 published clips of soldiers who participated in various events, either through public protests in occupied Jerusalem, or on their personal Facebook pages, showing not only their support to terrorist Baruch Goldstein, but also to Eden Natan Zada, an active Israeli military soldier who, on August 4, 2005, boarded an Arab bus in Shfa Amr, and opened fire with his military-issued weapon, killing four and wounding at least twelve others.

He was beaten to death after he emptied his clip, and was trying to reload for a new round of shooting to continue his terrorist attack.

Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli terrorist from the illegal settlement of ‘Kiryat Arba’, in the southern West bank city of Hebron, who holds dual US-Israeli citizenship, opened machine-gun fire at Muslim worshipers during prayer. He killed 29 Palestinians and injured 135. On the same day, outside the mosque, the Israeli army opened fire towards fearful and panicky worshipers and killed at least ten civilians.

Following the incident, al-Ibrahimi Mosque was converted into a military post and, later, divided into two parts, one side for Muslims and the other for Jews. Thus, the mosque became a point of conflict and constant tension that has marred its former sanctity.

Israeli sources said that a large number of soldiers have posted statuses on social media websites, including symbols and pictures of themselves carrying Israeli-issued weapons, and expressing strong support to Lehava.

Posing for “selfies” and other photos, soldiers on active military duty, and many like-minded fanatics wearing shirts carrying Lehava symbols, all expressed support for Lehava and terrorist attacks against Palestinians, and wrote texts in this regard, including messages supporting, among many others, Zada and Goldstein.

The soldiers called for the killing of Palestinians, and praised terrorist Baruch Goldstein, who massacred dozens of worshipers in Hebron’s al-Ibrahimi Mosque.

They also expressed joy over the brutal death of the Dawabsha family, while others said that they will not “follow military directives that contradict the Halacha.”

Lehava calls for the use of excessive force in murdering Palestinians, while its supporters openly express their support for the terrorist Israeli attack which led to burning the Dawabsha family to death, as they slept in their home, on July 31, 2015.

Ali Dawabsha, only 18 months of age, was burned to death in his crib, after Israeli terrorists firebombed his home. His father, Sa’ad Dawabsha, succumbed to his wounds a week later, and his mother, Reham Dawabsha, also died of her wounds, leaving Ahmad, five years of age, orphaned and suffering with severe burns.

Lehava considers itself an integral part of the Kach movement, formed by Jewish-American terrorist Meir Kahane, who was also the founder and national chairman of the so-called “Jewish Defense League” terrorist organization, before his assassination in 1990.

Although Israeli is aware of their activities, their attacks and plans against the Palestinians, their lands and holy sites, senior member and figures remain at large, not even wanted by authorities, while some also attend government sessions in occupied Jerusalem.

One example of this is Benzi Gofstein (Ben-Zion Gopstein), a student of Meir Kahane, the director of Lehava, and a former member of the Kiryat Arba’ settlement council (2010-2013).

Gofstein even appeared inside the Israeli Knesset on November 11, attending one of its sessions, an issue which shows the level of extremism and fanaticism that the Netanyahu-led Israeli government has sunk to.

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Lehava, an acronym which means, in Hebrew, “Preventing the Assimilation in the Holy Land,” is actively involved in attacks against the Palestinians, and works for preventing relationships between Jews and Arabs.

The presence of Gofstein in the Knesset, during its Internal Affairs Committee meeting, caused tension and chaos.

Israeli Ynet news site said that the session was co-chaired by Member of Knesset (MK) Michal Rozin of the Meretz Party, and Bezalel Smotrich of the Jewish Home Party, who personally sponsored Gofstein’s attendance.

Gofstein was even given the podium to speak, and, after he started, several MK’s began shouting insults at him and each other, with many right-wing members expressing their support for him, and favor in allowing him to speak.

His fanatic and terrorist ideology isn’t a secret, it is well known to Israel itself, yet, he is given time to speak in the Knesset.

Back in early August, a Haredi website called “Kikar Shabbat,” reported that Gofstein allegedly called for the burning of all churches and “idols, symbols of worship,” and that he expressed willingness to spend 50 years in jail, in order to achieve that goal.

Several Members of Knesset, including Meretz MKs Rozin Michal Robin, Tamar Zandberg, Issawi Faraj, Zionist Union MKs Yoel Hasson and Itzik Shmuli, and Joint List MK Dov Khenin were removed, while Gofstein stayed.

Many leftist members of Knesset, Arabs and Jews both, called for his removal, and some even dubbed him as the “ISIS representative in the Knesset.”

Even Zionist Union MK Itzik Shmuli started shouting at Gofstein, telling him that he “brings shame on Israel,” and added that he was a member of “ISIS with a Kippah,” before addressing leftist Mks, dubbing them as “traitors.”

|Settler Violence on the Rise: Homes Stoned near Jenin, East Jerusalem Tagged with Racist Graffiti|

The Israeli Defense Minister had previously requested information from Israel’s domestic security agency, “Shin Bet,” regarding members of Lehava and other like-minded groups in the country, to discuss the possibility of officially declaring them to be terrorist organizations… but, such information never even reached his office.

Deputy Defense Minister, Eli Ben-Dahan, said that there are no attempts, or even thoughts, regarding outlawing Lehava or labeling it as a terrorist organization, and that he even made inquiries in the Knesset with regard to the issue.

After photos surfaced, of various Israeli soldiers carrying government-issued weapons and declaring their support to Lehava, Kach and other terrorist groups, and supporting the killing and execution of Palestinians, Israeli military and security services said that “they will investigate the issue and take the proper actions.”

Terrorist groups, including those behind “Price Tag” attacks, are responsible for hundreds of violations and crimes, including the burning of several churches and mosques in different parts of occupied Palestine, in addition to burning Palestinian homes and farmlands, and flooding agricultural lands with waste-water.

category palestine | israeli attacks | opinion/analysis author email saed at imemc dot org

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Republicans and Australian Conservatives want War

Expert Testimony

 

Titley’s climate testimony

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Bulletin Science and Security Board member David Titley briefed the US Senate Subcommittee on Space, Science and Competitiveness. Here’s his opening statement.

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The Gray Zone

The ISIS Trap - Will You Fall Into It?
ISIS has a pretty black-and-white view of the world. Either you’re with them, or you’re with people they consider infidels. But what about people in the middle? ISIS has a plan..The ISIS Trap – Will You Fall Into It?

Cruz Refuses To Criticize Fellow Asshole

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COLUMBIA, S.C. – (CT&P) – GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz flatly refused to criticize Donald Trump for statements he made yesterday regarding Muslims and a possible ban on all people of that faith entering the United States.

“I do not believe the world needs my voice added to that chorus of critics,” Cruz said at a Tuesday press conference, referencing the large group of Republican and Democratic presidential candidates who have criticized the plan.

“And listen,” Cruz added, “I commend Donald Trump for standing up and focusing America’s attention on the need to secure our borders.”

“You won’t catch me criticizing a fellow asshole like Donald Trump,” said Cruz, as he stole some candy from a small child loitering on the edge of the crowd.

“I consider Donald Trump a friend of mine, and I only have two or three of them, so I can’t afford to go around alienating my brother cocksuckers all the time. Hell, even my own family hates my fucking guts, so I have to be careful what I say.

“I believe Donald is on the right track with his bigoted and xenophobic ideas and policy proposals, and I think you’re going to find out that the fascists that make up the right wing base of the Republican Party agree with us.

“Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go. I promised my supporters I’d go kick the shit out of that homeless black veteran dozing in the alley over there.”

The New York Daily News Just Doubled Down on Its Attack on the NRA

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Yesterday, the New York Daily News put up a controversial cover that I thought was pretty good. Today, they are out with another cover that, I’ve got to say, is a bit much for me. It calls the alleged perpetrator of Wednesday’s massacre, Syed Farook, a terrorist (accurate!) and Robert Dear, Dylan Roof, Adam Lanza, and James Holmes terrorists (also accurate depending on your specific definition!), but then in the right hand corner it labels Wayne LaPierre, the head of the National Rifle Association, a terrorist.

Now, look, I’m not fan of the NRA, but they’re not a terrorist organization and I don’t think that term should be bandied about all willy-nilly. From 2001 to 2003, this shit happened all the time. Terrorists! Terrorists! Terrorist! Terrorists! It is not helpful. It stirs frenzy and panic in a population of people primed for frenzy and panic. We should use that term when it really makes sense, not just for political groups we disagree with.

But, on the other hand, just today Senate Republicans at the NRA’s behest voted to kill a law that would make it harder for terrorists, felons, and mentally ill people to buy guns. It’s also worth noting that most gun owners don’t even support the NRA’s radical agenda. So it’s not like I’m saying the NRA is a bunch of peachy keen cats deserving of sainthood or anything.

Relatedly, my colleague Julia Laurie spoke to a number of national news organizations about how and when they decide to call a “killer” a “terrorist.” Give it a read. Fascinating stuff.

Afraid of guns? Buy more guns! The circle of life in America The first female president of the USA might actually get something done about gun control. Unless Donald Trump wins, then everyone really will need a gun

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Playoff Picture Muddled As Team Muslim Struggles To Qualify

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SAN BERNARDINO – (CT&P) – The Mass Shooting Playoff picture remains confused as perennial favorite Team Muslim continues to struggle.

Although Team Muslim tried to mount a late season comeback this week, the dominant White Protestant Conference teams are way out in front.

As of today, only three teams have qualified for the post-season, which kicks off on January 1st.

Deranged White Christians holds a commanding lead and is expected to enter the playoffs in the top spot, thus enjoying home field advantage throughout.

Neo-Confederate Assholes currently holds the number two slot, but Pro-Life Religious Kooks is nipping at its heels, and has shown promise in recent weeks.

Wacked-Out Motorized Black Folks, an east coast team that put in a strong showing a few years back, has basically been a no-show this season.

With only three domestic teams qualifying so far, the tournament’s sponsor, the NRA, is looking at bringing in a foreign team, a move that is sure to rile Americans’ sense of pride.

“We certainly don’t want to have to bring in a team that our fans aren’t familiar with, but if Team Muslim can’t get its body count up, or if we don’t see a late surge from a team like Insecure White Cops or Team Mafia, well then we’ll have to bring in Drug Kingpin State or some other team from Mexico or Central America,” said Wayne LaPierre, who runs the tournament for the NRA.

“We even thought of granting a new franchise to Syrian refugees entering the country by arming them to the teeth with automatic weapons and explosives, but our executive board determined that widows and orphans fleeing a war zone could just not make up enough ground in time to make the post-season.

“We’re planning on making one last-ditch effort to get an American team in the fourth slot by blocking all common-sense gun control laws while conducting a huge assault weapon and RPG giveaway just before Christmas, but I’m not holding my breath.”

Deranged White Christians has been ranked number one from wire to wire this year and Vegas oddsmakers have made the team a prohibitive favorite to win it all.

 

Can First Dog on the Moon save Canberra from Post Tony Stress Disorder? The honeymoon is over and Malcolm Turnbull’s gloss is wearing off. But even if underneath he is made of asbestos, he still will not be Tony Abbott

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Will Muschamp Leaves Auburn To Seek GOP Nomination

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AUBURN – (CT&P) – Defensive coordinator Will Muschamp has announced that he will be resigning his post at Auburn in order to seek the GOP nomination for president.

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The announcement was made this morning at a press conference at what was left of Jordan-Hare Stadium after Alabama running back and Heisman shoe-in Derrick Henry laid waste to it last night.

“I feel the time is right for a run for president,” said Muschamp, as drool flowed out of the corner of his mouth. “The country needs a violent madman to lead it back to greatness, and I’m just the guy who can get it done!”

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Reince Priebus, head of the RNC, applauded the move.

“I think Muschamp will do very well in what is already a crowded field of unstable simpletons with anger issues,” said Priebus. “We welcome any candidate who is willing to go batshit crazy on national television. It really helps us shore up our psychotic base.”

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Auburn Head Coach Gus Malzahn, who was reached for comment as he searched Montgomery used car dealerships for a new school bus, told ESPN that he really did not care what Muschamp did.

“I really don’t give a damn what the idiot decides to do,” said Malzahn. “I think the last shred of his sanity left the field on Derrick Henry’s cleats.”

Malzahn told reporters that a he would start scouring nearby prisons and mental institutions for a new defensive coordinator on Monday.

A day in the life of Bill ‘15%’ Shorten The opposition leader faces the biggest challenge of his career: nobody can even be bothered to hate him, or remember his name, or what were we talking about?

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The anti-Muslim sentiment is sadly familiar for many Australian Jews – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Muslim and Jewish refugees share a similar experience in Australia – you can’t assimilate when you’re constantly being reminded that you’re something other.

Source: The anti-Muslim sentiment is sadly familiar for many Australian Jews – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Belgium Unable To Find Its Ass With Both Hands

Belgian soldiers patrol in central Brussels as police searched the area during a continued high level of security following the recent deadly Paris attacks

 

BRUSSELS – (CT&P) – Belgian security forces have been unable to locate Belgium’s ass despite days of searches and dozens of raids on likely targets throughout the country, according to Prime Minister Charles Michel.

“We know our ass is around here somewhere, but we just can’t find it,” said Michel at a press conference this morning.

“I want to assure the Belgian people and citizens of the world that this does not mean that Belgian security is lax or that our intelligence services are in any way incompetent. It’s just that we can’t seem to find anything that might lead us to the current location of our own ass.”

Despite offers from French and U.S. intelligence services to help Belgium find its ass, Prime Minister Michel insists that Belgium can do it on its own.

“We don’t need anyone poking around Belgium looking for our ass. We’re perfectly capable of finding it on our own,” said the exasperated PM.

Reclaim Australia Pins Working Class People Against Each Other. The Only Winners Are Conservative Elites – New Matilda

The anti-Muslim movement feeds off an ideology with its roots in the 1980s, propagated by conservative think tanks, journalists, and corporate leaders.

Source: Reclaim Australia Pins Working Class People Against Each Other. The Only Winners Are Conservative Elites – New Matilda

Mensa Rallies Held Around Country

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The Australian arm of Mensa – the organisation for those with an unusually high IQ – held its annual Christmas get together in locations around the country this weekend.

Filled with chants, flags, and discussions about metaphysics, the gatherings were a chance for members to catch up and discuss their favourite equations.

“Often we feel like outsiders. So this is a wonderful opportunity to mingle with like-minded people, throw around some literature quotes maybe, or just count in prime numbers for a while,” member Dave Jenkins said. “They close off the streets for us as well, which is nice”.

Mr Jenkins can be seen in the picture above pointing out which chapter of Mensa the group is representing. “We have a bit of friendly rivalry with the other chapters,” he joked.

Fellow member Jack Short said the conversation at the Christmas functions can get quite heated. “Oh yes, there’s a lot of shouting. Get a couple of hundred fervent Einstein fans in the one place and there’s bound to be a bit of passionate debate!”

From Pol Pot to ISIS: The blood never dried

Following the ISIS outrages in Beirut and Paris, John Pilger updates this prescient essay on the root causes of terrorism and what we can do about it.

Source: From Pol Pot to ISIS: The blood never dried

Bentley To Lead GOP Delegation To Raqqa

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MONTGOMERY – (CT&P) – Alabama Governor Robert Bentley has been named to lead a GOP delegation to Raqqa next month to meet with ISIS leaders in order to better coordinate the Republican Party’s response to recent terror attacks. Senator Jeff Sessions, (R-AL) will also be part of the delegation.

The delegation, made up of GOP governors and lawmakers, will sit down and try to iron out just how the party can better achieve the goals and ambitions of ISIS and other terrorist organizations around the Middle East.

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus told CNN that although the Republican leadership felt like it had taken positive steps to cooperate and support ISIS by banning Syrian refugees entry to many states, and trying to shut down the refugee program completely in the U.S. House of Representatives, a lot more could be accomplished if politicians could sit down face-to-face with the terrorists and iron out a detailed plan for cooperation.

“We really want to foster hatred for all Muslims around the world and try our best to make this a Christianity vs Islam world war, and we feel the best way to do that is cooperate fully with ISIS and do their bidding as much as possible,” said Priebus.

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“We named Governor Bentley and Senator Sessions to lead this delegation because they were the most bigoted assholes we could think of, and it sure doesn’t hurt that they’re from Alabama, given its history of racial prejudice and backwards-ass lawmaking.

“We wanted to get a few presidential candidates on the delegation but the only one dumb enough to volunteer was Dr. Ben “Mad Dog” Carson, but as it turns out his psychotherapist has not OK’ed him for overseas travel.”

The delegation is scheduled to fly into Baghdad and travel overland to Raqqa to meet ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and some of his most murderous lieutenants.

Aerated Terrorist Wishes He Never Heard About Allah In The First Place

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PARIS – (CT&P) – Criminal mastermind and cheese-dicked cretin Abdelhamid Abaaoud told Wolf Blitzer on CNN this afternoon that if he knew what he knows now, he never would have become a terrorist in the first place.

“I wish I’d never heard of Allah, Muhammad, or all that other bullshit,” said Abaaoud, in between blood-curdling screams.

Blitzer reached Abaaoud by phone as he was enduring his first day of infinity in Hades.

Abaaoud, a dedicated member of ISIS, had expected 72 virgins in Paradise.

“Instead, I’m floating in this fucking lake of fire and having my flesh burned off over and over again,” groaned the filthy goat-fucking savage.

Police found Abaaoud’s body Wednesday in an apartment building in Saint-Denis, but it took some time to identify the 27-year-old using his fingerprints because very little of him was left. It was not clear how he died because portions of his limbs were blown off and he appeared to have been struck by about a million fucking bullets.

Three police officials have told The Associated Press that a woman who died in the same police raid Wednesday was Abaaoud’s cousin. One said the woman, Hasna Aitboulahcen, is believed to have detonated a suicide vest in the building after a brief conversation with police officers. It was not clear if she had any role in the attacks.

Ms Aitboulahcen, who was with Abaaoud in Hell during the phone interview with CNN, also regretted having in any way been associated with Islam.

“I could kick Abdelhamid’s well-done butt right about now,” she said. “That dickhead got me involved in all this shit to begin with. I expected a reward in Heaven and now I can’t even find my ass with both hands!”

Abaaoud is expected to finish up with orientation sometime this evening and will be looking forward to having a capsicum coated pineapple shoved up his ass every five minutes for the next week before descending deeper into the depths to receive some truly serious punishment.

Allegations Arise That Israeli Soldiers Are Planting Knives on Palestinians – Truthdig

Source: Allegations Arise That Israeli Soldiers Are Planting Knives on Palestinians – Truthdig

Paris: You Don’t Want to Read This AnonHQ

by Peter Van Buren at commondreams.org You don’t want to read this, and I take no pleasure in writing it, and no one really wants to hear it right now. But I believe it needs to be said. I join the world in grieving for the dead in …

Source: Paris: You Don’t Want to Read This AnonHQ

One of the World’s Largest Coal Companies Misled Investors About Climate Change Risk, Investigation Finds | Mother Jones

The New York attorney general is also investigating ExxonMobil.

Source: One of the World’s Largest Coal Companies Misled Investors About Climate Change Risk, Investigation Finds | Mother Jones

First They Jailed the Bankers, Now Every Icelander to Get Paid in Bank Sale

By Claire Bernish at theantimedia.org   Iceland — First, Iceland jailed its crooked bankers for their direct involvement in the financial crisis of 2008. Now, every Icelander will receive a payout for the sale of one of its three largest banks, Íslandsbanki. If Finance Minister Bjarni Benediktsson has …

Source: First They Jailed the Bankers, Now Every Icelander to Get Paid in Bank Sale

Climate change policies: it’s how you sell it that matters

A prime minister’s motive behind any given policy can make all the difference to how the public reacts to it.

Source: Climate change policies: it’s how you sell it that matters

Conservatives reel as Justin Trudeau wins Canadian election | The Saturday Paper

Fresh Taliban threat; US looks to do deal with Pakistan; Jokowi’s first year.

Source: Conservatives reel as Justin Trudeau wins Canadian election | The Saturday Paper

Latest coal import figures deal further blows to Adani and Shenhua

Plunging coal prices and slump in demand from India and China highlights the sheer stupidity and fiscal lunacy of both Shenhua’s Watermark and Adani’s Carmichael mines. Lachlan Barker reports.

Source: Latest coal import figures deal further blows to Adani and Shenhua

Latest & Breaking News Melbourne, Victoria | The Age

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Goldman Sachs warns Australia faces one-in-three chance of recession in 2016 – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Goldman Sachs warns Australia faces a one-in-three chance of a recession in the coming financial year.

Source: Goldman Sachs warns Australia faces one-in-three chance of recession in 2016 – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Battlers and plutocrats: How political connections reward Australia’s super-rich – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Research reveals a huge proportion of Australia’s richest people amass their wealth via political connections rather than via innovative businesses – which is helping them at the expense of everyone else.

Source: Battlers and plutocrats: How political connections reward Australia’s super-rich – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Carson Defends Fetal Tissue Research: “We Never Used Christian Babies”

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DES MOINES – (CT&P) – Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson passionately defended his use of fetal brain tissue in the Washington Post on Thursday. Earlier in the week it was revealed that in 1992 Dr. Carson had used fetal tissue in what many are calling monstrous research aimed at curing some of the most horrible diseases known to mankind.

Carson, a well-known kook who believes the earth is 6,000 years old and that Noah provided VIP seating for dinosaurs on the Ark, has been a vocal critic of fetal tissue research.

Last month, Carson railed against Planned Parenthood and pro-choice advocates by describing a fetus in the 17th week of gestation.

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“At 17 weeks, you’ve got a nice little nose and little fingers and hands and the heart’s beating,” he said on Fox News. “It can respond to environmental stimulus. How can you believe that that’s just an irrelevant mass of cells? That’s what they want you to believe, when in fact it is a human being.”

However, according to Dr. Jen Gunter, an OB-GYN and pain medicine physician, the Republican presidential candidate published a study with three other colleagues in 1992 that described using “human choroid plexus ependyma and nasal mucosa from two fetuses aborted in the ninth and 17th week of gestation.”

She wrote on her blog:

“As a neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson knows full well that fetal tissue is essential for medical research. His discipline would have a hard time being [where] it is today without that kind of work. What is even more egregious than dismissing the multitude of researchers whose work allowed him to become a neurosurgeon is the hypocrisy of actually having done that research himself while spouting off about its supposed worthlessness.”

As soon as the revelations came to light, Dr. Carson mounted a spirited but often unintelligible defense of his team’s use of cute little unborn babies in their research:

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“You have to look at the intent,” Carson said before beginning a campaign swing through New Hampshire. “To willfully ignore evidence that you have for some ideological reason is wrong. If you’re killing babies and taking the tissue, that’s a very different thing than taking a dead specimen and keeping a record of it.”

His defense was called confused and self-serving by media outlets, so on Thursday Carson contacted the Washington Post to clear everything up.

“Although what we were doing was absolutely unconscionable, and clearly could have been done with lizard fetuses or on a computer, I want to assure all my wacked-out supporters that no Christian babies were dissected. Our salesman from Planned Parenthood, Dr. Beelzebub, assured us that we were paying for babies that were from Muslim, Jewish, or atheist mothers.

“I think we can all agree that questionable experiments on unsaved trash, whether they be unborn kiddos or fully functioning adults, is perfectly acceptable and even necessary if we are ever going to solve the public health crisis we face in this country.

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“If we are going to defeat socialism, gay marriage, and the climate change conspiracy, then we’re going to have to find a way to make sure every child emerges from the womb a Christian, and our research was aimed at making that a reality.”

Dr. Carson’s explanation for his actions has been greeted with mixed reactions.

His followers in the Tea Party have been stupefied by the revelations, but that is their natural resting state, so he is not expected to lose many votes in that demographic.

However, people with an average IQ or higher point to his hypocrisy as just another reason that he should either be institutionalized or get a job as a tour guide at Ken Ham’s Creation Museum.

According to the latest polls, Dr. Carson continues to have “a snowball’s chance in hell” of winning the Republican nomination.

Get Ready Australia Corporate Government coming our way:In Britain, just like in Australia, Rupert Murdoch has pushed a conservative Government to gut the public broadcaster. It will all end in tears.

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First Native American woman to ever hold such a post. According to Andrew Bolt this is a Racist Post

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Breakthrough: US Senate Confirms First-Ever Native American Woman As Federal Judge

Here’s news few in the world are aware of. Last Wednesday, the United States Senate made history when it confirmed Diane Humetewa as a federal judge – the first Native American woman to ever hold such a post.

As the Huffington Post reported, Humetewa was confirmed 96-0 to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. A former U.S. attorney in Arizona and a member of the Hopi tribe, Humetewa shines as inspiration and reminds all that nothing is impossible.

Diane Humetewa is now the first active member of a Native American tribe to serve on the federal bench and only the third Native American history to do so.

Once the Senate shared its confirmation, a rare moment of bipartisan celebration on Twitter from the White House and Republican senators followed:

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While watching farm employers pocket thousands of dollars at the expense of foreign labour was demoralising, I found it even more degrading to bear sexual harassment on a daily basis. This system must change.

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Petition · Tony Abbott: Show us your papers renouncing your British citizenship before you were elected. · Change.org

Petition · Tony Abbott: Show us your papers renouncing your British citizenship before you were elected. · Change.org.

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Trump Replaces Bill O’Reilly As Nation’s Most Prominent Asshole

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NEW YORK – (CT&P) – A Pew Research poll conducted just this morning has found that a majority of Americans now believe that Donald Trump is the most obnoxious asshole they have ever heard of. Trump edged out Bill O’Reilly, Kim Jong-un, Vladimir Putin, and Jim Inhofe to win top honors.

The lightning poll of 100 million adults asked participants to rate each individual in terms of obnoxiousness, pomposity, lack of empathy, stupidity, and blinkered Philistine pig-ignorance.

“The results were stunning,” said Michael Dimock, President of Pew Research. “65% of those polled rated Trump the ‘largest walking anus’ they had ever seen, with the former champ Bill O’Reilly dropping to a distant second place.”

When asked if they could describe Trump in one word, participants in the poll used adjectives like “vile,” “heinous,” “disgusting,” “loathsome,” “repugnant,” and “odious” to describe the Republican front-runner.

When asked why he thought there was such a shift in public opinion, Dimock said that the almost unfathomable amount of bullshit pouring forth from Trump’s mouth in recent weeks probably had something to do with it.

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“When you go around saying that 17% of our population consists of a gang of diseased rapists and start bad-mouthing a war hero when you yourself got a deferment for an ankle sprain, people naturally start to regard you as some kind of hideous parasitic worm, which is exactly what Trump is,” said Dimock.

Dimock was less decisive as to whether the change in attitude would affect Trump’s campaign for the Republican nomination for president.

“Most of Trump’s supporters don’t have the sense God gave a goat,” said Dimock. “I mean we’re talking about the Tea Party wing of the GOP; these people can’t even spell moron or constitution correctly on their protest signs.

“I think Trump will continue to poll pretty well among those Neanderthals. They think he’s ‘telling it like it is’ when he has no clue what the fuck he’s talking about. He’s still got a shot.”

When Trump was asked about the poll during a press conference this afternoon, he told reporters, “Yes, that’s right. I’m the richest asshole in the United States.”

Bill O’Reilly, who held the top spot for many years, claimed the poll was a conspiracy hatched by White House officials and their friends in the liberal media.

When reached by phone for comment, O’Reilly told New York Times reporter Emily Steel that the poll was wildly inaccurate and he was still the biggest asshole on the public stage. He also threatened to kill anyone involved in the poll or any employee of Pew Research that he could get his hands on.